ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-DEP3-0007 · ATLAS 251

Discourse world

A shared representational world of people, events and assumptions constructed by a text or conversation.

Explanation

A shared representational world of people, events and assumptions constructed by a text or conversation. Explains how language makes the absent present and temporarily places participants in the same modelled world.

Example

After a few sentences everyone knows what there, yesterday and the house refer to.

Counterexample

A mere label without the described movement.

Distinction

Distinguish from Textwelt; the neighbour remains connected.

Effect on thought and perception

Explains how language makes the absent present and temporarily places participants in the same modelled world.

Resonance

Explains how language makes the absent present and temporarily places participants in the same modelled world.

Cite this entry

Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Discourse world“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-DEP3-0007. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-DEP3-0007

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